NCAA Women's Recruiting Rankings

[carlo]

Some updatings on 2011 and 2012 Class recruiting rankings by college.

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncw/recruiting/classrankings?classyear=2011&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncw %2frecruiting%2fclassrankings%3fclassyear%3d2011

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncw/recruiting/classrankings?classyear=2012&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncw %2frecruiting%2fclassrankings%3fclassyear%3d2012

[CKR13]

Jewell Loyd. Two Thumbs Up. http://forums.interbasket.net/images/icons/icon14.gif

[carlo]

Some international flavor from 2011 Class:

Esther Niamke, PG 5-5, Louisville recruit, was an All Star team and France top scorer at the 2011 U18 Euro championship. She also played at the 2010 U17 World's. France took the silver in both events.

Karly Roser, G 5-10, Northwestern recruit, played for Canada in the 2010 U17 World championship team (2nd high scorer).

Tjasa Gortnar, F 6-2, Georgia Tech, was Slovenia high scorer this year in the U19 World's championship.

Temi Fagbenle, F/C 6-4, Harvard, played for Great Britain in the 2011 U20 Euro championship, finishing as her team's high scorer and rebounder. She attended Blair Academy HS.

On the other hand, former Parade All America prospect F 6-2 Sarah Imovbioh of Nigeria is enrolled at Virginia, but has been ruled ineligible by NCAA to play the 2011-12 season, see http://www.virginiasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=88845&SPID=10617&ATCLID=205269039&DB_OEM_ID=17800.
Imovbioh averaged 13.3pts and 9.8reb in four prep games played in Europe by the U19 Nigerian NT, that later didn't show up at the Championships in Chile.

[carlo]

6-2 Fw Xylina McDaniel, one of the few 2012 Class stars previously undecided, has verbally committed to North Carolina.
News told by her father, former NBA player Xavier McDaniel.

http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/school/_/id/153/class/2012/page/on-the-trail

[JGX]

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Esther Niamke, PG 5-5, Louisville recruit, was an All Star team and France top scorer at the 2011 U18 Euro championship. She also played at the 2010 U17 World's. France took the silver in both events.\

She didn't qualify academically and is instead playing at Lindsey Wilson, an NAIA school in Kentucky. She could transfer to Louisville in the future.

http://cardinalcouple.blogspot.com/2011/06/niamke-to-lindsey-wilsonrainey-receives.html
http://www.lindseyathletics.com/roster/16/7/4057.php

Immaculada Zanoguera from the Spain U18/U19 teams is at Toledo:
http://www.utrockets.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18000&ATCLID=205272155
http://www.utrockets.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=89714&SPID=10722&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=18000&ATCLID=205272923&Q_SEASON=2011

And Andrea Vilaro at Florida:
http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=21474
http://www.gatorzone.com/basketball/women/bios.php?year=2011&player_id=37

[JGX]

She (Niamke) didn't qualify academically and is instead playing at Lindsey Wilson, an NAIA school in Kentucky. She could transfer to Louisville in the future.


Coincidentally, Louisville opened their schedule today with an exhibition game against...Lindsey Wilson. Niamke scored 15 points on 5-15 FG with 9 turnovers as Louisville won 118-41.

[carlo]

2012 Class #6 Jordan Adams has verbally committed to Southern California.

http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/school/_/id/30/class/2012/page/on-the-trail

She will join HS teammates Alexyz Vaioletama and Karina Alofaituli from the 2011 Class.

USC had a strong 2011 recruitment adding #3 PG Ariya Crook-Williams and Fw Deanna Calhoun.

[carlo]

Class 2012 #8 prospect Rachel Hollivay verbally committed to Rutgers.

More info and story on this post player:

http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/story/_/id/5511310/aye-eye

[carlo]

Canadian Nirra Fields, the 2012 Class #11 prospect committed to UCLA.

She transferred to Mater Dei, Cal for her HS senior year.

Fields has been member of the U16, U17 & U19 Canadian national teams and was the tournament top scorer at the 2010 U17 World's.

[carlo]

Jamaican-born 6-11 Marvadene Anderson is considered the tallest teenage player in the world.

She currently plays at Rutgers Prep HS (NJ) in the 2012 class and has verbally commited to Pittsburgh.

http://blogs.mycentraljersey.com/rutgers/2011/11/06/marvadene-anderson-verbals-to-pittsburgh-womens-hoops/

[Khalid80]

Jamaican-born 6-11 Marvadene Anderson is considered the tallest teenage player in the world.

She currently plays at Rutgers Prep HS (NJ) in the 2012 class and has verbally commited to Pittsburgh.

http://blogs.mycentraljersey.com/rutgers/2011/11/06/marvadene-anderson-verbals-to-pittsburgh-womens-hoops/

I would like to see how she would fair against Brittney Griner in the NCAA if their teams ever get to play one another.

[carlo]

I would like to see how she would fair against Brittney Griner in the NCAA if their teams ever get to play one another.

Maybe in a distant future it could be intereresting, if she improves in quickness and skills.

For the time being "Bubbles" Anderson is not even ranked in the Top 100 of her class, and in an hypothetical duel with Britt Griner in NCAA it would be a freshman vs a senior, no match imo !

[carlo]

#13 2012 prospect Brianna Butler verbally committed to Syracuse.

[Khalid80]

Maybe in a distant future it could be intereresting, if she improves in quickness and skills.

For the time being "Bubbles" Anderson is not even ranked in the Top 100 of her class, and in an hypothetical duel with Britt Griner in NCAA it would be a freshman vs a senior, no match imo !

Thanks for the info. I thought Anderson ranked much higher than that...For sure she won't be able to match Griner not only because Griner is a senior but also because Griner is already hyped as the "next big thing" for women basketball.

[carlo]

...For sure she won't be able to match Griner not only because Griner is a senior but also because Griner is already hyped as the "next big thing" for women basketball.

That's right.

Totally out of thread, but imo it will be interesting to see the other "huge thing" Aussie Elizabeth Cambage vs Britt Griner, maybe in international bball !

[carlo]

2012 Class #13 Alexis Prince committed to Baylor.
She joins other 4 prospects from the same class.

http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/story/_/id/7216333/alexis-prince-commits-baylor

[carlo]

2012 Class #10 post Imani Stafford (6-7) picks Texas.

http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/story/_/id/7234630/imani-stafford-heading-texas

[carlo]

#5 senior prospect Alexis Jones signed LoI with Duke.

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205333125&DB_OEM_ID=4200

P.S. ESPN currently ranks AJ at #3.

[carlo]

Belgium 5-7 PG Julie Vanloo (2011 class) was signed in spring to play the 2011-12 season for Iowa State, but NCAA ruled her ineligible for this year.

Whether Vanloo will wait to play at Iowa State for the next season isn't clear.

The Belgian young star (born 1993) is one of the best European juniors, with plenty of international experience, and she's the fresh 2011 Euro Champion Div. I as well as All Tournament player.

http://www.basketfeminin.com/photo/art/default/3153992-4508524.jpg?v=1311534015

[carlo]

Here the updated ESPN 2012 Team Recruiting Rankings:

http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/class-rankings?classyear=2012&classmonth=12

UConn is steadily the #1 team, having secured the two top players of the 2012 class, Breanna Stewart & Moriah Jefferson, but a lot of changes occurred in the rankings after the latest players picks.

[carlo]

Here's how the Class 2012 5-star players (16) are split by team.


Connecticut: 3 (Breanna Stewart #1, Moriah Jefferson #2, Morgan Tuck #15);

Texas A&M: 2 (Courtney Williams #9, Jordan Jones #14);

Duke: 1 (Alexis Jones #3);

Notre Dame: 1 (Jewell Loyd #4);

Tennessee: 1 (Bashaara Graves #5);

USC: 1 (Jordan Adams #6);

Maryland: 1 (Malina Howard #7);

Rutgers: 1 (Rachel Hollivay #8);

Texas: 1 (Imani Stafford #10);

UCLA: 1 (Nirra Fields #11);

Stanford: 1 (Alyson Beebe #12);

Syracuse: 1 (Brianna Butler #13);

Baylor: 1 (Alexis Prince #16).


From: ESPN Rankings,http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/rankings/_/class/2012

[carlo]

An interesting review of 2012 Class players who should mostly fill the voids in their teams as college freshmen.

http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/story/_/id/7306104/six-2012-stars-expected-make-impact-freshmen

Imo USC-committed Jordan Adams should also be added, considering the respectable number of xellent Trojans guards that will end their college career by 2012 (J. Gemelos, B. Gilbreath, A. Corral).

[carlo]

20 HS seniors, headed by 2011 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year Breanna Stewart, have been named to the 2012 WBCA (Women's Basketball Coaches Association) High School All-America game, to be played on March 31.

http://www.wbca.org/blog/index.cfm/2012/2/8/WBCA-Announces-Top-20-High-School-Seniors/

8 of the selected players (Jordan Adams, Bashaara Graves, Malina Howard, Alexis Jones, Jewell Loyd, Breanna Stewart, Imani Stafford and Morgan Tuck) were gold medalists with USA Basketball junior teams in 2010-11 and a ninth player, Moriah Jefferson, was a finalist for the 2011 U19 team.

The All-Americans list includes a Canadian player as well, Nirra Fields (Mater Dei), who also has got plenty of international experience in junior competitions.

[carlo]

2012 McDonald's All-America game teams named:

http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/story/_/id/7559664/mcdonald-all-american-girls-rosters

Stars filled rosters, opposing versatility and experience of East's Breanna Stewart to such talents like Moriah Jefferson and Alexis Jones (among others).

[carlo]

Another award for UConn recruit Breanna Stewart.

After being awarded the Morgan Wootten Player of the Year, she has won the Gatorade National Girls Basketball of the Year Trophy.

http://espn.go.com/high-school/player-of-the-year/story/_/id/7689759/breanna-stewart-named-gatorade-national-girls-basketball-player-year

[carlo]

Super honored Breanna Stewart is keeping her fame.
In the state championship last weekend she first had a monster performance (42 pts + 23 reb) helping her team Cicero-North Syracuse to beat Ossining in the semifinals and then scored a triple double to win the final over Penfield (13 x points, rebs, blocks).

[carlo]

Another huge performance by UConn signee Breanna Stewart in the NY State Federation championship.
First she scored 42 points and grabbed 23 reb as her team Cicero North-Syracuse HS routed defending champ Nazareth 80-55 in the semifinals and today she collected 22 pts + 15 reb + 7 bs in an easy conquer of Murry Bergtraum (60-28) for the title game.
Breanna set a new record of 64 point and 38 rebounds in the two-game tournament.

[carlo]

Future Fighting Irish Jewell Loyd was named the MVP for her White team that beat Navy team 74-62 yesterday at the WBCA All-American game in Denver.
Loyd scored 18 pts (4on8 FG3), Jonquel Jones had 14 points and Breanna Stewart 10.
For the losing Navy team Canadian Nirra Fields was high with 14 pts, followed by Nicole Kornet (her team's MVP) with 12 and Alexis Jones with 11.

http://www.hoopfeed.com/content/2012/04/01/jewell-lloyed-leads-white-team-in-wbca-high-school-all-america-game/

[carlo]

2011-12 HS All-American teams by MaxPreps:

http://www.maxpreps.com/news/article.aspx?articleid=5a73d61e-d071-4207-914e-d2c122bd1270&page=1

(4 pages)

[carlo]

Active recruiting campaign by Notre Dame. After signing 2012 class Jewell Loyd, the Fighting Irish got a commitment by juniors Taya Reimer, Lindsay Allen and Kristina Nelson who will join already verbally committed post Diamond Thompson.

http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/story/_/id/7862491/notre-dame-jump-starts-2013-commitments
http://www.maxpreps.com/blogs/maxwire-national-blog/Udsuicq6e0ag-1klgo7LBw/notre-dame-women-land-3-top-2013-basketball-recruits.htm

[carlo]

Busy recrutiment days for North Carolina.
Three top 2013 players, Diamond DeShields, Stephanie Mavunga and Jessica Washigton all committed together the same day, adding to another verbal pledge by Allisha Gray. And the 2013 recruiting rally by UNC could even continue with #1 Mercedes Russell...
http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/story/_/id/7894674/deshields-mavunga-washington-commit-together

These are the last 2013 commitments, additional to other verbals from the same class (among them twin sisters Bria and Briana Day) and should join 2012 prospects forward Xylina McDaniel and sharpshooting Antoinette Bannister.
http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/school/_/id/153/class/2012/page/on-the-trail

[carlo]

High School Player of the Year Breanna Stewart (http://www.parade.com/news/all-america/2012/basketball-team.html?index=3) heads the 2012 GATORADE All-America team (http://www.parade.com/news/all-america/2012/basketball-team.html?index=5).

[CKR13]

Minnesota Golden Gophers have received the commitment of 6-5 Swedish U-18 star center Amanda Zahui B.

http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_20584369/gophers-womens-basketball-adds-6-5-swedish-center

[carlo]

UConn recruit Breanna Stewart won the Gatorade Athlete of the Year award.
http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/

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(Congratulations for the honor and for her look !)

[carlo]

2013 recruiting: two U17 World champions, Rebecca Greenwell and Oderah Chidom verbally committed to Duke, joining already committed Kianna Holland, another elite player and invitee at the U17 USA Basketball trials.
Story here (http://www.fullcourt.com/kelly-kline-fullcourtwbball/22076/rich-get-richer-duke-lands-pair-elite-recruits).

With this move Duke closes the gap with North Carolina 2013 wonder recruiting campaign.

In the meantime UConn recruited Ossining's guard Saniya Chong (33.3 points, 5.2 rebounds, 9.7 assists, 5.0 steals and 1.4 blocks last season).

[CKR13]

Kentucky gets a commitment from Linnae Harper, a valuable member of the U-16 and U-17 Gold medal winning teams in FIBA tournaments.

[carlo]

U17 Gold medalist Mercedes Russell (the 2013 class #1 rank from many experts) has committed to Tennessee.
http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8574417/mercedes-russell-no-1-recruit-commits-tennessee-lady-volunteers

She joins Jannah Tucker, former Fiba Americas 2011 U16 teammate and 2012 U18 champ.

[carlo]

2013 class Kaela Davis, another U17 World champion as well as U18 3x3 gold medalist, has picked Georgia Tech.
http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8580668/kaela-davis-no-2-overall-prospect-country-verbally-commits-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets

[carlo]

U17 and U18 3x3 gold medalist Erica McCall has chosen Stanford over UConn for next season.

[carlo]

2013 class Kendall Cooper, U18 Fiba Americas gold medalist, committed to Duke. She adds to U17 world champs Rebecca Greenwell and Oderah Chidom and trials invitee Kianna Holland in a talent-loaded recruiting campagn.
http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8609036/duke-blue-devils-add-no-12-prospect-kendall-cooper-recruiting-class

[carlo]

Class 2013 signing guide (http://espn.go.com/espnw/hoopgurlz/8628097/z-guide-girls-basketball-signing-week) and commitment summary (http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/rankings/_/class/2013/).

Worth to remark that 13 out of the top15 players were included in various USA Basketball junior/cadet international teams.

After a super 2012 recruiting campaign UConn has got the commitment of just a 2013 single player so far...

[carlo]

2013 Recruiting rankings update (http://www.fullcourt.com/ncaa/22188/unc-duke-top-2013-recruiting-rankings).

[carlo]

University of California has signed Belgian guard Hind Ben Abdelkader for the 2013-14 season. Abdelkader was the top scorer (19.4ppg) at the 2012 U17 World's championship and was named the 2011 U16 Euro tournament MVP, winning the silver for Belgium.

[carlo]

2013 Duke University recruit Becca Greenwell scored 51 pts for her school Owensboro Catholic, all 3-pointers, setting a national (HS) record with 17 baskets made beyond the arc.
Greenwell is the current U17 World champion (2012) and has just played 6 games this season, recovering from a second knee injury after she suffered a torn ACL late in the summer of 2011 at the 3x3 U18 World championships.

http://www.maxpreps.com/blogs/maxwire-national-blog/uiHSKu1aHkupdfqoWyTsTw/becca-greenwell-scores-national-record-17-3-pointers.htm

[carlo]

Kaela Davis, one of the 2013 top HS players and Georgia Tech recruit, wil probably sit out the rest of the season for health reasons.

http://www.fullcourt.com/prep/22651/kaela-davis-sidelined-health-reasons
http://espn.go.com/espnw/hoopgurlz/8939194/georgia-tech-recruit-kaela-davis-sit-rest-senior-season-treat-meniere%20s-disease

Internationally, Kaela has already won 3 golds with USA Basketball, 2012 U17 and 3on3 U18 World's championships as well as 2011 U16 Fiba Americas.

[carlo]

2013 recruiting rankings update (http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/class-rankings2013).

Some positions subject to change from foreign recruits and a couple of undecided Top100 players.

[carlo]

#1 recruit of 2013 class Diamond DeShields named WBCA player of the year (http://www.fullcourt.com/prep/22726/deshields-named-wbca-player-year).
DeShields has signed with UNC and internationally has already won everything with US Junior and Cadet NTs. She earned the MVP award at the 2012 U17 World championship.


P.S. DeShields topped former US squad teammates Mercedes Russell (Tennessee) and Rebecca Greenwell (Duke). http://espn.go.com/espnw/hoopgurlz/8994450/north-carolina-commit-diamond-deshields-named-naismith-player-year

[carlo]

California signee Hind Ben Abdelkader scored 49 points (http://lovewomensbasketball.com/2013/02/28/49-points-in-belgian-league-game-for-the-17-year-old-hind-ben-abdelkader/) in the Belgian League.

[carlo]

Jordin Canada and Recee Caldwell, two of the best 2014 point guards, committed to UCLA Bruins.
Both players were teammates in the 2011 USA cadet team that took the gold at the U16 Fiba Americas.

[carlo]

2013 Georgia Tech recruit Kaela Davis won the 3pt shootout contest at the McDonald's All American event.

[carlo]

...and North Carolina commit Jessica Washington won the skills competition, even faster than the boys winner !

More news here (http://w.espn.go.com/espnw/hoopgurlz/9123208/).

[carlo]

Duke recruit Becca Greenwell had a second ACL surgery (same knee) after she injured again at the McDonald's All-American game, where she played 9' scoring 8 pts.
http://www.heraldsun.com/sports/colleges/x204800678/Duke-women-s-recruit-has-second-ACL-surgery

She could be back to the game in 6-7 months.